1901-2012

Drenched_N_Motivation
Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
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This is a History game of sorts. It takes a little patience and googling but its interesting to see people come up with. Name something historicial or news worthy that happened in a given year, we'll start in 1901 and go up to present day. Give it a shot!


1901... The great fire of 1901 begins Jacksonville, FL. In eight hours, the fire burned 146 city blocks, destroyed more than 2,368 buildings, and left almost 10,000 residents homeless. It is said the glow from the flames could be seen in Savannah, Georgia




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  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
    1902 - the first ever movie theatre opened in california
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
    1903 - 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
    1904-



    In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    1905

    April 1 1905 - Penny post established between the United Kingdom and Australia.
  • Lauren8239
    Lauren8239 Posts: 1,039 Member
    Ah...Johnny Bravo...Loved that cartoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
    1906-



    San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, USA, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages.
  • 13519485
    13519485 Posts: 264
    1907 - Elections to the new Parliament of Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied. Nineteen women are elected.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    1909 - 1st Lincoln head pennies minted
  • 13519485
    13519485 Posts: 264
    1910 - George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • Drenched_N_Motivation
    Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
    1911-



    Italy declares war on Ottoman Empire.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    1912

    April 14 – RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the northern Atlantic Ocean. She sinks the following day with the loss of 1517 lives.
  • Mrsmis78
    Mrsmis78 Posts: 62
    1913

    Feb 2nd - NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    1914 outbreak of the First World War
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    1915 - Locust plague breaks out in Palestine from March until October
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    1916 July 1 – November 18 – WWI – More than 1 million soldiers die during the Battle of the Somme, including 60,000 casualties for the British Commonwealth on the first day.
  • imthelobster
    imthelobster Posts: 179 Member
    1917 - Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California
  • Patty_Petz
    Patty_Petz Posts: 91
    1918
    "Stars & Stripes," weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published
  • stephaneb74
    stephaneb74 Posts: 151 Member
    1918 end of wwi
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 775 Member
    The small town of Codell, Kansas is hit for the third year in a row by a tornado. Coincidentally, all three tornadoes hit on May 20, 1916, 1917, and 1918 respectively.

    some one posted above me ..lol

    brb with 1919

    **The Boston Molasses Disaster: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    1919. April 15 – Save the Children Fund set up in the UK to raise money for the relief of German and Austrian children
  • 13519485
    13519485 Posts: 264
    26 August 1920 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
  • Lonewolf1507
    Lonewolf1507 Posts: 507 Member
    1922 The Reader's Digest Published
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    1922
    * First successful insulin treatment of diabetes in Canada.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    Mount Etna volcano erupts on June 19th 1923 - 60,000 made homeless
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    1924
    IBM was founded
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    1924 - Howard Carter discovers sarcophagus of Tutankhamen.
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    1925

    3rd January - Mussolini announces taking dictorial powers over Italy
  • aprilgrl27
    aprilgrl27 Posts: 176 Member
    June 19, 1926 – DeFord Bailey is the first African-American to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.

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